Man Builds Oil Rig Out of Matchsticks
51-year-old David Reynolds, a dormer oil rig worker, spent 15 years of his life creating a matchstick replica of the Brent Bravo oil platform, from the North Sea. The 21-foot-long, 12-foot-high wooden model weighs over half a ton and contains more than 4 million matchsticks, each of them polished and glued into place. David started […]
Palestinian Set the World’s Swetest Record
Ok, so I’m not sure if it’s really the sweetest, since they have serious competition from the guys who cooked the world’s largest cheesecake, but it’s definitely up there with the sweetest. Over 100,000 Palestinians gathered in the center of Nablus city, on the West Bank, to watch as the largest Kunafa cake was being […]
Too Many People, Too Little Water
No, I’m not talking about the shortage of drinking water in third world countries around the world, that’s what the Dirty Water Campaign is for. This time I’m talking about…let’s call it fun-water shortage. A massive heat-wave hit China these last few days, and temperatures soared to an alarming 40 degrees Celsius. So what were […]
A Pair of Real, Home-Grown Man Boobs
And no, I’m not talking about the chest of an obese couch potato. These are true man-boobs obtained through a complicated medical procedure… Well maybe not that complicated, basically all this guy did was fill his chest up with some saline solution, using a couple of needles. I’m sure it wasn’t very painful but…why would […]
Rice Field Art in Rural Japan
You may think crop circles are cool, but they nothing compared to the rice field murals found in villages like Inakadate, Japan. Using purple and yellow-leafed rice, combined with the more traditional green variety, the villagers of Inakadate create true agricultural masterpieces. This all began in 1993, when people thought of doing something spectacular, to […]